Software tool for transmission line analysis

A brief description of a software tool developed to analyze transmission lines with arbitrary losses is presented in this paper. This tool summarizes a complete methodology for the analysis of arbitrary transmission lines by means of complex parametrizations of the different quantities which characterize the line, and their mutual relationship. This kind of methodology brings up new types of representations and, in particular, new ways to visualize and predict the complete behavior of a particular system, avoiding the complexity associated to the usual mathematical representations. From the educational point of view, this approach facilitates a more intuitive and broad understanding of the problem, and the software tool lets the students to graphically visualize the physical behavior of the system.